فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةًۭ مَّا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
How to read it
Faqāla l-mala'u -lladhīna kafarū min qaw'mihī mā hādhā 'illā basharun mmith'lukum' yurīdu 'an yatafaḍḍala ʻalay'kum' walaw' shā'a -llahu la'anzala malā'ikatan mmā samiʻ'nā bihādhā fī 'ābā'inā l-'awwalīna
The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiority over you: if Allah had wished (to send messengers), He could have sent down angels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among our ancestors of old."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
